A friend of a friend has a complete Blackout head for sale: backglass, backbox, boards. Haven't seen it, but supposedly it's in very good condition. The rest of the table is long gone. He's asking 275 for it. I don't have a Blackout, but I'm thinking about buying it because:
1) the Blackout backglass has really cool artwork and would look great displayed on my wall
2) I have a Firepower whose backbox has taken its share of knocks, and it would be easier to swap a good one than fix & bondo my existing one when I get around to restenciling the cabinet. If I don't use it for this, I'll use it to display the backglass in my mancave.
3) I'm guessing the boards and score displays, or at least parts of them, should be interchangeable with FP and this may save me some $$ down the road. There are a few spots on my FP solenoid board, some resistors I think, that look pretty fried.
......so, if anyone can help, my questions are these:
a) assuming it's as nice as described, is a Blackout backglass worth the $$, or are they pretty common? Are they usually in decent shape, or rubbed thru around the score displays due to the wiring, like most Firepower backglasses?
b) aside from the rom chips, are the boards swappable between Blackout and Firepower?
Thanks for the help guys.
Rockwall, TX
Urbandale
